Tsuba with design of Daruma and Buddhist invocation
Myôchin Munenaga
(Japanese)
Myochin School, Tosa Sub-school
(Japanese)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; surface treatment: tsuchime-ji; other metals: gold, silver and shakudo; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, zogan, sue-mon
DimensionsOverall: 7.1 x 6.8 x 0.5 cm (2 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2219
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
late 18th–early 19th century
18th century (?)
Late 19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-late 17th century